新目标英语九年级Unit 8同步阅读(含答案)
Unit 8 I’ll help clean up the city parks.
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选择适合的词语完成下面的短文。
Last week everyone ___1___ to cheer up Jimmy the Bike Boy. But this week, Jimmy is happy again. ___2___ Monday he told a radio interviewer that he ___3___ to buy old bikes. He also put up signs ___4___ old bikes and called up all his friends and ___5___ them about the problem. He even ___6___ advertisements at a local supermarket. Then he told the teachers at school about his problem ___7___ they set up a call-in center for parents. The strategies that he came up with ___8___ fine. He now has sixteen bikes ___9___ and give away to children ___10___ don’t have bikes.
( ) 1. A. wants B. was trying C. hopes D. is hoping
( ) 2. A. On B. In C. Next D. At
( ) 3. A. has used up B. has got C. lent D. had run out of
( ) 4. A. asking about B. selling C. buying D. asking for
( ) 5. A. telling B. said C. asked D. told
( ) 6. A. handed out B. handed in C. gives away D. giving out
( ) 7. A. when B. while C. because D. and
( ) 8. A. working out B. was C. worked out D. is
( ) 9. A. fixing up B. to fix up C. to buy D. to sell
( ) 10. A. which B. whose C. who D. when
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根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
Each nation has many good people who help to take care of others. For example, some high school and college students in the United States often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages (孤儿院) or homes for the aged. They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems.
Other young people volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, do their shopping or mow their lawns. For boys who no longer have fathers there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or on fishing trips and help them to get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers.
Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games or learn crafts. Some of these clubs show movies or organize short trips to the mountains, the beaches, museums or other places of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to remember the problems of younger boys and girls
Volunteers believe that some of he happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others.
( ) 1. Where can you often find volunteers in the United States?
A. At a bus-stop. B. In a park. C. In a hospital. D. In a shop.
( ) 2. How do volunteers usually help those who are sick or old?
A. They mow their lawns, do their shopping and clean up their house.
B. They cook, sew or wash their clothes.
C. They tell them stories and sing and dance for them.
D. They clean, wax and repair their cars.
( ) 3. What is Big Brothers?
A. It’s the name of a club.
B. It’s a home for children who have no brothers.
C. It’s the name of a film.
D. It’s an organization for boys who no longer have fathers.
( ) 4. Why so most of the boys’ and girls’ clubs use many high school and college students as volunteers?
A. Because they have a lot of free time.
B. Because they can still remember what they felt when they were younger.
C. Because they know how to do the work.
D. Because they like younger boys and girls.
( ) 5. What do volunteers believe?
A. To make others happy, they have got to be unhappy.
B. The happiest people in the world are those who make themselves
C.
D.
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阅读短文,选择正确答案。
A middle school organized a “No TV Week” program. All the teachers, parents and students worked together for this program and most of them found it to be a very good one. The headmaster said, “The idea was not to stop watching TV completely but for the students just to find how much time they watch TV and try to use the time for other things.”
What did the students say about this “No TV Week”? One boy said, “I can’t believe I haven’t watch TV for a week, but it’s been fun doing it.” A girl student said, “I’m going to give up all TV program except for ‘Our Animal World’ and other language-teaching program. I’m really pleased that I have more time to do things like walking and thinking. I enjoy this ‘No TV Week’ very much…” But not all the students thought it was good. Here one student Tom said something different, “I don’t like ‘No TV Week’ because I like watching TV. I have lots of favorite programs and I don’t want to miss them. But we have to do it.”
( ) 1. “No TV Week” program was organized _____________.
A. for all the students in the country
B. by one middle school
C. in middle schools all over the country
D. by teachers all over the country
( ) 2. The aim of “No TV Week” program is to ________.
A. let students watch TV for long
B. stop students watching TV completely
C. let students find much time to watch TV
D. ask students to find time for other things
( ) 3. Watching no TV was _____________ what the boy thought.
A. as hard as B. not harder than C. harder than D. easier than
( ) 4. The girl decided ___________.
A. only to watch some of the TV programs B. not to watch TV at all
C. to watch no TV at all D. to watch TV all the time
( ) 5. ________________ took part in “No TV Week”.
A. All the teachers, students and parents
B. None of the students in the school
C. Not all the students in the school
D. All the teachers in the school except one
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阅读短文,选择正确答案。
As prices and building costs keep rising, the “do-it-yourself” (DIY) trend (趋势) in the U.S. continues to grow.
“We needed furniture for our living room,” says John Ross, “and we just didn’t have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs”. John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling (奋斗) to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a 2-week course for $280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe-making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $420. “I was deeply upset about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course. I should be able to fix the car by myself,” he said.
John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a do-it-yourselfer, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.
( ) 1. We can learn from the text that many newly married people __________.
A. find it hard to pay for what they need
B. have to learn to make their own furniture
C. take DIY courses run by the government
D. seldom go to a department store to buy things
( ) 2. John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to ___________.
A. run a DIY shop B. make or repair things
C. save time and money D. improve the quality of life
( ) 3. When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim _________.
A. makes shoes in his home B. does extra work at night
C. does his own car and home repairs D. keeps house and looks after his children
( ) 4. Jim Hatfield decided to become a do-it-yourselfer when ____________.
A. his car repairs cost too much B. the car repair class was not helpful
C. he could not possibly do two jobs D. he had to raise the children all by himself
( ) 5. What would be the best title for the text?
A. The Joy of DIY B. You Can Do It Too!
C. Welcome to Our DIY Course! D. Ross and Hatfield: Believers in DIY
新目标英语九年级英语上册Unit 8同步阅读练习题及答案
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